Yes, preparations for spring and summer in the UK are somewhat curtailed, because the winter has come back!
7 or more inches of snow in Aviemore, Scotland, and even a couple of inches overnight, here in the English Midlands.
And soon I get to walk 2 miles to work! Yay, me!
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Summer is on the way
The Canada Geese are still flying over, making their way back over the Atlantic from Canada.
You hear them go, and know winter is almost here. You hear them come back and you know that summer is almost here. It is a truly evocative sound.
I saw one stood on the roof of the hospital last night as the sun was setting.
I hope it will be a good summer, but I fear it will not be. We have had a hot, dry spell and the rivers are starting to run very low. So low that the River Severn river cruises in the town of Shrewsbury have been cancelled as the river is too shallow.
You hear them go, and know winter is almost here. You hear them come back and you know that summer is almost here. It is a truly evocative sound.
I saw one stood on the roof of the hospital last night as the sun was setting.
I hope it will be a good summer, but I fear it will not be. We have had a hot, dry spell and the rivers are starting to run very low. So low that the River Severn river cruises in the town of Shrewsbury have been cancelled as the river is too shallow.
Sunday, October 09, 2011
Weather now more like it should be for the time of year
Even though the weather is still fairly mild for October, the weather has taken a change for the worst. The unusually warm Indian Summer weather is now gone.
There's rain, the usual higher winds of October and there are reports that we shall soon be suffering from frosts and snowfall. My wife likes the idea of it snowing. I do too, but not as wildly as she!
There's rain, the usual higher winds of October and there are reports that we shall soon be suffering from frosts and snowfall. My wife likes the idea of it snowing. I do too, but not as wildly as she!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Beautiful day went a bit pear shaped
Monday was OK up until about 3.00pm when it started to cloud over.
By 5.30pm it started to get a bit breezy and when I went out to walk to meet my wife from work at just before 7pm the nice day had been replaced with a bitingly cold win and driving, torrential rain.
We got soaked to the skin and hot showers and changes of clothing was the order of the day!
"Rain and bitterly cold winds. Brought to you by the British Summer!" Wonderful.
By 5.30pm it started to get a bit breezy and when I went out to walk to meet my wife from work at just before 7pm the nice day had been replaced with a bitingly cold win and driving, torrential rain.
We got soaked to the skin and hot showers and changes of clothing was the order of the day!
"Rain and bitterly cold winds. Brought to you by the British Summer!" Wonderful.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Well, here we are, Sunday and the weather is rough
It is a Sunday in late May and supposed to be our summertime in Britain.
The reality is that it has been windy and rainy for several days. So much so that you could be forgiven for thinking it was early October rather than towards the end of May!
My mother tells me she has had to have her heating on, so cold was it earlier in the week.
It is supposed to be National Barbecue Week from 30 May (details at National Barbecue Week) but unless there's a major change of weather I think all the burgers, sausages, fish, steaks, chops, etc, will be cooked and eaten in doors, instead!
Ah well, perhaps it will get better, soon? One can only hope...)
The reality is that it has been windy and rainy for several days. So much so that you could be forgiven for thinking it was early October rather than towards the end of May!
My mother tells me she has had to have her heating on, so cold was it earlier in the week.
It is supposed to be National Barbecue Week from 30 May (details at National Barbecue Week) but unless there's a major change of weather I think all the burgers, sausages, fish, steaks, chops, etc, will be cooked and eaten in doors, instead!
Ah well, perhaps it will get better, soon? One can only hope...)
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
That always happens
Yesterday, we went to the seaside.
After several days of the temperature being higher than in Spain, the temperature of the day we went out was not 26C but 12-13C, instead.
We went into the sea, but did not stay for long, as it was far too cold, even with the Gulf Stream warming the Mid Wales coast as it does. Goodness knows HOW cold the sea would have been otherwise!
But today, of course, the temperature is quite balmy and the sun is out. Typical!
After several days of the temperature being higher than in Spain, the temperature of the day we went out was not 26C but 12-13C, instead.
We went into the sea, but did not stay for long, as it was far too cold, even with the Gulf Stream warming the Mid Wales coast as it does. Goodness knows HOW cold the sea would have been otherwise!
But today, of course, the temperature is quite balmy and the sun is out. Typical!
Sunday, September 05, 2010
Summer is over, Autumn is on the way
Summer is fading and Autumn is, indeed, on the way. The Canada Geese are preparing for their long migratory flight and soon the ponds and lakes of the British Isles will cease to reverberate to their melodious honking as they spend their winter on the other side of the Atlantic.
There is something mythical and magical about their skeins as they fly, honking to each other, to leave our shores until next Spring, when their honking voices will again signal to the inhabitants of the British Isles that Spring is, again, on its way!
Some people say that it is the Autumn for the Mormon Church, that it cannot last long before it falls into the winter of it's existence. I feel that this is wishful thinking. Mormonism will be here for many years to come.
However I believe that it is slowly changing what it is and that this process will take a great many years. Mormonism will, over time, become less of a religion and more of a corporate body. It is probably for this reason that the Mormon church is buying more land, building shopping malls, etc. Preparing for a time when the core of Mormonism shrinks to Utah and neighbouring States in the USA, and that eventually Mormonism will not be so much a religion but a corporate brand.
There will still be some members of the Mormon church, but they will be seen as virtually museum pieces. There will still be some branches and wards across the USA and in some other parts of the world but these will be seen as curiosities, a fleeting memory of a distant past. And about as relevant as the early sects of Mormonism that faded away when their founder/s died.
There is something mythical and magical about their skeins as they fly, honking to each other, to leave our shores until next Spring, when their honking voices will again signal to the inhabitants of the British Isles that Spring is, again, on its way!
Some people say that it is the Autumn for the Mormon Church, that it cannot last long before it falls into the winter of it's existence. I feel that this is wishful thinking. Mormonism will be here for many years to come.
However I believe that it is slowly changing what it is and that this process will take a great many years. Mormonism will, over time, become less of a religion and more of a corporate body. It is probably for this reason that the Mormon church is buying more land, building shopping malls, etc. Preparing for a time when the core of Mormonism shrinks to Utah and neighbouring States in the USA, and that eventually Mormonism will not be so much a religion but a corporate brand.
There will still be some members of the Mormon church, but they will be seen as virtually museum pieces. There will still be some branches and wards across the USA and in some other parts of the world but these will be seen as curiosities, a fleeting memory of a distant past. And about as relevant as the early sects of Mormonism that faded away when their founder/s died.
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